In a series of discussions, the Publishing Perspectives Talks bring industry leaders to Frankfurt’s Business Club on key issues of global book publishing today
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The Frankfurt Book Fair, opened this year by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, also kicked off discussions of the role of books in an era of fake news.
Blockchain and Potential Implications for International Book Publishing
The technology that powers Bitcoin has the potential to transform many other industries. In publishing, it could impact sales, rights, contracts, and more.
‘I Didn’t Believe It’: Responses to Kazuo Ishiguro’s Win of the Nobel Prize
Surprise–for Kazuo Ishiguro and industry–mixes with reassurance as the Swedish Academy returns to more traditional interpretations of the literature Nobel.
Introducing Frankfurt Book Fair’s First International Publishing Distribution Forum
With distributors ‘expanding their services to cover a larger part of the value chain,’ the Frankfurter Buchmesse and IPDA inaugurate a new Distribution Forum.
Christmas In October: UK Rights Rustler Matt Haig Sleighs to Frankfurt Book Fair
Canongate flies in author Matt Haig to meet his international publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Haig’s previous titles sold into 22 countries.
Canada’s Entertainment One Is Wattpad’s Newest Content Partner
The latest in Wattpad’s expanding array of content partnerships brings it together with eOne, a major production and distribution hub in Toronto.
NORLA Takes Norwegian Literature to New York City
At a book trade event in New York, NORLA presented a selection of Norwegian writers and offered American publishers a closer look at Norway’s literary market.
Italian Frankfurt Rights Update: Piergiorgio Nicolazzini Highlights
With 12 days to go until ‘Frankfurt Tuesday,’ Milan’s PNLA has put together an extensive list of offerings for the Literary Agents and Scouts Center.
Heading for Frankfurt, Kalem Agency Cheers Author Burhan Sönmez’s Havel Award
For the genius of his work ‘about hope and hopelessness, darkness and light,’ Turkey’s Burhan Sönmez wins the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation award.